HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081222410
Bassin · #1081222410
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Bukombe
Sub-basin area
575,5km²
Upstream area
4 972,8km²
Discharge
11,44m³/s
Mean elev.
1 189m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812183902035 km²
- Bassin · #1081218480109 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BukombeGeita · Tanzania573.0 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kigosi National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
453.34 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 20 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,1°C
Annual rain
970mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
71mm/an
PET
1 660mm
AET
820mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
274cm
Forest
94%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)